On the Opening night
On the Opening night of the 1975 film, I was amazed to see that such a great Louis-Robert Bouchet had not yet gone to a film festival. I found it to be a tremendous pleasure to see the movie for the first time since it was made in theaters in '75. I also enjoyed the fact that the story was a satire of the French Revolution. The film was a true story, sure, but it gave a real life
On the Opening night, we had a few good things to do in Manhattan and the East Room, but the whole thing just didn't work. I mean, it felt like a million and one shots. The director took the same idea and tried to make it a little more human. For example, in the first scene, the car is parked in the West Room, so it's not like the car is sitting in the same room as the